Boger v. . Ader

Civil action to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to have been caused by an overdose of elixir of bromide prescribed by defendant. Plaintiff, who was attending her mother during her last illness, had a "nervous spell" which was a recurrence of nervousness from which she had been suffering. The defendant, the attending physician, examined her and then prescribed, prepared and gave her a dose of elixir of bromide. Thereafter she became numb. She remained in that condition for several hours. Then splotches or big spots appeared on her skin and she had the sensation of ants crawling…